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  2. CONFSERVER-4087

"Pages/Create" permission confusing

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      It seems that the permission "Page/Create" also restricts editing. I would have assumed that "Page/Create" controlled whether or not a user or group could add a new page to a space. But it also seems to restrict whether or not a user or group can edit pages within a space. Possible resolutions...

      1) This permission should be split up so that page creation and page editing are seperate.
      2) The permission should be renamed "Create/Edit" to reflect that this controls both creation and editing of pages.

            [CONFSERVER-4087] "Pages/Create" permission confusing

            Tristan Beulah added a comment -

            We need this as well, as we are automating the creation of pages.

            I am (kindof) getting around this issue by including CSS on as many pages as possible that hide the "Create" buttons. This is not foolproof, as some pages will be missed, and some pages cannot be modified in this way. Space moderators also need access to the buttons, which requires "secret" pages where the Create button is enabled.

            Automation may be put in place to detect pages not created using our system.

            Obviously none of this is as good as being able to limit page creation in the first place.

            Tristan Beulah added a comment - We need this as well, as we are automating the creation of pages. I am (kindof) getting around this issue by including CSS on as many pages as possible that hide the "Create" buttons. This is not foolproof, as some pages will be missed, and some pages cannot be modified in this way. Space moderators also need access to the buttons, which requires "secret" pages where the Create button is enabled. Automation may be put in place to detect pages not created using our system. Obviously none of this is as good as being able to limit page creation in the first place.

            Ece Bilingen added a comment -

            +1

            Are there any progress on this request? 

             

            Ece Bilingen added a comment - +1 Are there any progress on this request?   

            Carter Snowden added a comment - - edited

            +1

            From 2005: 'The problem we have at the moment is that we are running out of horizontal space and therefore the button is called "create".'

            What's the problem at this (2017) moment?

            Carter Snowden added a comment - - edited +1 From 2005: 'The problem we have at the moment is that we are running out of horizontal space and therefore the button is called "create".' What's the problem at this (2017) moment?

            Alex Wilkie added a comment -

            This is such a silly issue to be open for 11 years! It's the best mechanism we have for stopping chaos ensuing with 250 users - we want to tap into their knowledge regarding editing existing pages but we don't want them creating pages all over the place. So frustrating that this is still not possible.

            Alex Wilkie added a comment - This is such a silly issue to be open for 11 years! It's the best mechanism we have for stopping chaos ensuing with 250 users - we want to tap into their knowledge regarding editing existing pages but we don't want them creating pages all over the place. So frustrating that this is still not possible.

            devops@mobileiron.com added a comment -

            +1

             

            devops@mobileiron.com added a comment - +1  

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment -

            Hi Guys,

            This permission structure is causing some issues for our company as we have hundreds of contributors per space (of which we have over 100 spaces) however none of which we want to have add page access, we only desire them to be able to edit current page content. The absence of this permission separation causes hundreds of hours of unnecessary work throughout the company. This is an unnecessary financial bleed.

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment - Hi Guys, This permission structure is causing some issues for our company as we have hundreds of contributors per space (of which we have over 100 spaces) however none of which we want to have add page access, we only desire them to be able to edit current page content. The absence of this permission separation causes hundreds of hours of unnecessary work throughout the company. This is an unnecessary financial bleed.

            Wolfgang Lutz added a comment -

            I also still miss this

            Wolfgang Lutz added a comment - I also still miss this

            Tine Devolder added a comment -

            When get this changed

            Tine Devolder added a comment - When get this changed

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment -

            Still missing this feature...

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment - Still missing this feature...

            Iain Campbell added a comment -

            Our team would also like to see a separation in the create and edit page permissions. Any chance you will add it to your feature backlog and plan it on your roadmap ?

            Iain Campbell added a comment - Our team would also like to see a separation in the create and edit page permissions. Any chance you will add it to your feature backlog and plan it on your roadmap ?

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